Chapter 19: Chapter 19 Don’t co to Wendy’s flower shop (10)
“The juice of the vegenta stem had antiseptic properties, which is very good for wounds. The disinfectants sold at clinics also contain it. ”
He nodded at Wendy’s kind explanation. Looking at Lard, she felt he seed to listen very seriously to her explanation. His closed lips, the sharp bridge of his nose, and her eyes, and his hollowed eyes caught her eye.
She put the squeezed juice of the vegenta stalk to the side of the table and turned to face him again.
A couple of silver lights in the room were reflected in his gray eyes. She thought they were like a bunch of stars in the night sky, a cluster of stars that could be seen every day in the night sky. Perhaps she deliberately thought like that so as not to think of the silver poplar by the river.
The mont she saw that tree, she recalled what she felt on that day, such as the scent of grass and the wind, the loneliness while looking at the shadow of the silver poplar by the river. She didn’t want to recall those feelings while looking at Lard.
“Do you have anything to tell ?”
She asked him after she realized that he was staring at her with a different expression than a minute ago.
“Well, I was surprised at your calm reaction when you saw the wound on my palm. Most won would have scread at seeing blood, but you’re not surprised that much. Apart from your good knowledge of the use of plants in detail, you’re very good at treating my wound.”
“…You should not compare with the won of noble families. If you live alone, you need to know how to treat yourself to so extent. You can’t do anything if you are screaming every ti sothing happens to you. As far as the use of plants is concerned, I’ve co to get interested in it because my job is related to it.”
She replied casually as if she thought what he asked was nothing special. He had a faint smile, as if she already anticipated her reaction like that.
“You had better not wield a sword for the ti being, unless you can hold it with your left hand.”
After carefully applying the ointnt from the dicine box over the wound, she wrapped it with a bandage. She thought she wrapped it too tightly, but she didn’t feel up to unwrapping it in the middle to loosen it, so she quickly finished. She felt she treated her as best she could to get out of a sense of guilt towards him.
“You have wet hair. Please wait, I’ll bring you a towel. ”
“No, it’s okay. Can I have a cup of warm tea instead? ”
Her eyes trembled at this.
‘Oh, it looks like he has never been serviced any tea before. Why is he asking for tea whenever he ets ?’
“… If you don’t mind tea, let bring it to you. ”
Wendy replied with a small voice, hiding her true feelings. Later on so day she would comnd herself for her move today, recalling it was an excellent way of her dealing with him.
“Thank you.”
Sweeping his wet hair from his face, he spoke in a normal tone. Of course, he wouldn’t be moved just because of a cup of tea, but she was a bit annoyed by his reply. She wasn’t sure his re ntion of ‘thank you’ was the expression of his true feelings because his reaction was so dumb and insensitive even though he had already been served tea twice.
She hurried to the kitchen, boiled water and brewed the tea. She briefly agonized over whether brew it bitter on purpose but didn’t as it went against the grain as soone who enjoyed her own tea.
Carefully placing the mug on the table, she stood up again, feeling chilly through her wet clothes. She hurriedly built a fire in the fireplace and sat before her steamy teacup.
For a while, the two drank tea silently. The sound of pouring rain was like a monotonous lody. Glancing at his hand holding the mug, she briefly appreciated the scene of sobody else in her own space in her house.
She didn’t feel a sense of repulsion until he entered the door. She montarily thought it would not be that bad to stay with a stranger if she thought of him or her as invisible.
If it remained silent like this, she thought very briefly that it would not be too bad and the glow of the fireplace made her a little sentintal. However, such a feeling was as light and futile as dandelion scattering in late spring.
Soon, she decided that she felt satisfied with the thought that she had repaid her indebtedness to this man.
By making a fire in the fireplace, she blew away a sense of guilt that remained in her heart. She vowed that she would go back to her normal life because she repaid her debt of gratitude for the wound on his palm. Of course, it was Wendy Waltz’s own calculation.
“I hope you don’t have any more nightmares because of what happened today… Don’t worry too much because the guy didn’t seem to have a grudge against you, but I think you had better not hang out with him.”
Lard once again urged her not to socialize with Yoda. As she wouldn’t be bothered by what he said, she feigned laughter deep inside, but she didn’t ridicule his intention because she felt he was sincere, to say the least.
“I could deal with him on my own, but thank you for your help anyway. Even though it was an accident, I am very sorry to see your hand wounded like that. As the wound was not so serious, it will soon heal over ti, but I feel sorry because it’s inconvenient for you for the ti being.”
She cleverly offered quasi-apologies. If he wanted to find fault with this, he could, but he gave it a pass this ti. She clearly expressed gratitude for his help, but at the sa ti she felt sowhat reluctant to show her true feelings candidly because of her rebellious mind.
Her cunning way of speaking provoked this brusque knight’s mind again. Her untactful remarks overturned the Wendy Waltz ship quickly on its smooth path.
Lard opened his mouth at last, “I feel more uncomfortable as you say you are sorry. If that’s the case, let make a suggestion to you that you can lessen your debt of gratitude. ”
With a smile, he took out a silver envelope.
“It’s a ticket to the Jerus Orchestra concert. I was in a difficult position because I was looking for a partner to accompany . If you would be my partner, I think I would be able to get out of my trouble. Can you help ?”
Her face hardened hard like a man pulling a face because he was showered with the dirty water from mopping. Wasn’t the Jerus orchestra an imperial orchestra?
Everybody knew that the mbers of the orchestra were on the governnt payroll. Such a concert was one of the top five places she should not go in any circumstances.
“Lord Schroder, I’m sorry, but it doesn’t seem like a good place for to attend. How can I dare to attend such a concert exclusively reserved for noblen? If I went there, I would disgrace your na. How can you go around if the rumor spreads that the chief of the imperial knights is hanging out with a commoner woman?”
“…It’s surprising that you’re concerned about that. Wendy, I am not ashad at all even if I go to an imperial banquet with you.”
With a gentle smile, he replied. It seed that his way of speaking seed to bla her ill-advised thinking. In fact, he asked her to be his partner for the royal concert because of her provocative remarks, but he thought that it would be very pleasant to go to that boring concert with this woman.
Of course, he couldn’t understand why he thought so, but it was his true intention to go to the concert with her. His suspicions about her, which started with the accident at the museum and his encounter with her at Linus National dical Center, didn’t matter at this mont. He may have been feeling a little sentintal because of the warm glow of the fireplace and the quiet rhythm of the heavy rain outside.
“If you are really nervous about the gaze of noblen, you may enter the concert late. As I don’t enjoy the concert very much, it’s not a problem at all if I arrive late. So, please do not reject my request. You are the only woman who can hold my wounded hand.”
She now found herself in a situation where what they said, ‘To sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.’ She took a deep breath quietly and blad herself for her thoughtless remarks.
She overlooked the fact that he wouldn’t be deceived by her shallow trick, but she couldn’t give in at this point.
“Although you had your hand hurt like that, I don’t think there are many young ladies who can reject the request of a handso knight like you. So, you don’t have to worry about that. As I have repaied your kindness by serving you a cup of tea, please withdraw your request.”
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